Multisomatoform disorder: An alternative to undifferentiated somatoform disorder for the somatizing patient in primary care

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 352-358

  Kroenke, Kurt ^a   Spitzer, Robert L ^b,c   DeGruy III, Frank V ^d   Hahn, Steven R ^e   Linzer, Mark ^f   Williams, Janet B W ^b,c   Brody, David ^g   Davies, Mark ^b,c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 0030899705     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830160080011     Document Type: Article

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